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A genomewide linkage analysis for prostate cancer susceptibility genes in families from Germany.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Mar 2005
Maier Christiane, Herkommer Kathleen, Hoegel Josef, Vogel Walther, Paiss Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Prostate cancer is a complex disease with a substantial genetic contribution involved in the disease risk. Several genomewide linkage studies conducted so far have demonstrated a strong heterogeneity of susceptibility. In order to assess candidate regions that are particularly relevant for the German population, we performed a genomewide linkage search on 139 prostate cancer families. A nonparametric method (Zlr...
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